The KIA Summer Slam drove into Port Elizabeth and more specifically onto Kings Beach today to commence with the setup, which sees the 2019 KIA Summer Slam Beach Tennis Series officially kick off on Friday 6 December.

The seeds have also been finalised for the first event and are as follows:

Men:
1. Theo Irigaray (FRA) 21 & Mattia Spoto (ITA) 37

2. Manuel Ringlstetter (GER) 40 & Gerard Querol (ESP) 12

3. Satoshi Goda (JPN) 46 & Marco Mastrantoni (ITA) 73

4. Amadeo Choux (FRA) 265 & Marc de Gobbi (FRA) 236

Women:
1. Maire Bray (REU) 134 & Nina Djordjevic (SRB) 72

2. Lynn Kiro (RSA) 259 & Kyla Yelverton (RSA) 131

The highest ranked men’s player, Gerard Querol (ESP), ranked 12th on the ITF Beach Tennis World Rankings is the current World Beach Games Gold medalist, where he and partner Alberto Ramos won the gold medal at the inaugural competition that took place in Doha.

Port Elizabeth can look forward to a lot of high quality beach tennis action and loads of fun on Kings Beach this weekend.

Photo:
Gerard Querol (Left) and Alberto Ramos (Right) Gold Medalists in Doha.

Location

Kings Beach Port ELizabeth